71.   New state education laws about district property wealth and federal school segregation rules are putting a squeeze on the Doss district that some residents fear could mean its end.

72.   Officials for state education departments in New York and Connecticut said they had no immediate plans to recognize national certification.

73.   Now, state education officials downplay its significance.

74.   Once that was approved, individual school districts could ask their state education agencies to be released from various regulations.

75.   One set of parents fought that suspension all the way to the New York state education commissioner.

76.   Other state education officials say that the most important difference is an open and responsive leadership.

77.   Overall, the test results announced Monday, while low, were better than what state education officials had predicted.

78.   Parents can apply directly to the state education commissioner and obtain an evaluation.

79.   Plaintiffs also will pursue a lawsuit pending in a Travis County district court, which they filed after the state education commissioner denied an administrative complaint, Gibson said.

80.   Private schools accepting vouchers would have two years to gain accreditation, of what sort we would have to rely on the state education commissioner.